The inaugural semester of DocNomads 12th Edition (2023-2025) started this week in Lisbon with an international class of 24 students from Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burundi, China, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Ukraine, and Vietnam.
The short documentary Memories of a Perfect Day by Davina Maria El-Khoury will be presented in the Official Selection of the 22nd Concorto Film Festival held from 19 to 26 of August in Piacenza, Italy.
The film premiered in last April at Visions du Réel, where it was awarded a Special Mention by the Jury of the International Medium Length & Short Film Competition.
The documentary short Mum directed by Siddhant Sarin won an award at the 15th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala held from 4th to 9th August in Kerala, India.
Jury statement: “Made of lullabies, laughter and gentle disciplining; this film transports us into the everydayness of a family to evoke nostalgia for the warm, loving embrace of a mother.”
The Whales I Don't See but Are Out There by María Casas Castillo, Remnants of a Lost Time by Sachin, Mum by Siddhant Sarin, and The Silence of the Banana Trees by Eneos Çarka will be presented at the 15th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala held from 4th to 9th August in Kerala, India.
